The Sedition Act
A) threatened First Amendment freedoms of speech and press.
B) established criteria for deporting dangerous foreigners.
C) changed naturalization requirements for new citizens.
D) was never enforced.
E) was found by the Supreme Court to be unconstitutional.

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The Sedition Act of 1798 made it a crime to publish "false, scandalous, and malicious writing" against the government or its officials, thus threatening First Amendment freedoms of speech and press.